be swallowed up
Example Sentences
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“I just think they need to be more effective at explaining the science in a way that can be swallowed up by the masses.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Sometimes it feels as though, if we take one wrong step, we’ll be swallowed up by one of them.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2025
But that distrust could make it easier for the island to be swallowed up.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024
The photos circulating on social media looked dramatic, as if Dodger Stadium might be swallowed up by Hilary’s floodwaters.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2023
Or soon they would be swallowed up by the darkness?
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
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